underthrow
Pass falls short
To underthrow is to throw short of a target—the ball falls before reaching the intended receiver.
Most common in sports like football and baseball: The quarterback underthrew his receiver, and the defender picked it off.
The noun underthrow names such a throw.
The opposite of overthrow in this sense.
Frequency of sound
delivery · quarterback · receiver · interception · incompletion · short · low · arc
Weak and ineffective
- weakLacking power or force
- softYielding to touch
- limpLacking firmness or rigidity
- insufficientBelow required quantity
inadequate · underpowered · short · lacking · deficient · tepid · halfhearted · anemic
pitch
Frequency of sound
release · delivery · quarterback · receiver · interception · incompletion · short · low · arc · trajectory
feeble
Weak and ineffective
insufficient · inadequate · underpowered · short · lacking · deficient · tepid · halfhearted · anemic · meager
- sports mistakesown goal, fumble, bad pass, dropped pass, misplay
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Forcible removal from power
overshoot · overpass · long throw · throw over · strike